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View an online version of this email here.  All times are London time: Friday Feb 20 2009 Financial Times - UK Homepage Iran holds enough uranium for bomb Feb 20 2009 00:51 UN officials say Tehran has produced more nuclear material than previously thought Read more » UK's public debt surges towards £1,200bn mark Feb 20 2009 00:10 Figure could reach 80% of national income as recession tightens its grip on the economy Read more » FBI agents locate Stanford in Virginia Feb 20 2009 00:30 Sir Allen Stanford, whose whereabouts had been unknown since being charged this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an alleged $8bn fraud, was located in Virginia by the FBI Read more » Financial Times - US homepage Iran holds enough uranium for bomb Feb 20 2009 00:51 UN officials say Tehran has produced more nuclear material than previously thought Read more » US bank shares near 17-year lows Feb 20 2009 01:03 US bank shares hit a near 17-year low on rising fears the government will have to nationalise troubled institutions such as Citigroup and Bank of America, wiping out investors and taking control of a large portion of the financial sector Read more » Obama reassures Canada on open trade Feb 20 2009 00:15 Barack Obama has assured Canada that the US remains committed to open markets but renewed his call for strengthened labour and environmental protections in the North American Free Trade Agreement Read more » Financial Times - Europe homepage US claims 52,000 hid UBS accounts Feb 19 2009 22:09 As many as 52,000 American customers hid UBS accounts from the authorities in violation of tax laws, a US government lawsuit against the Swiss bank alleged Read more » FBI agents locate Stanford in Virginia Feb 20 2009 00:30 Sir Allen Stanford, whose whereabouts had been unknown since being charged this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an alleged $8bn fraud, was located in Virginia by the FBI Read more » Iran holds enough uranium for bomb Feb 20 2009 00:51 UN officials say Tehran has produced more nuclear material than previously thought Read more » Financial Times - Asia homepage BoJ to buy Y1,000bn of corporate bonds Feb 19 2009 19:53 The Bank of Japan stepped up measures to help embattled companies suffering in the credit crisis, with plans to buy up to Y1,000bn in corporate bonds and extend its emergency purchases of other assets from financial institutions Read more » Brazil to supply oil to China for loans Feb 19 2009 23:44 The countries sign a landmark agreement that will ensure long-term supplies to China while delivering crucial financing to help Brazil develop its enormous oil and gas reserves Read more » Clinton warns N. Korea to rein in rhetoric Feb 20 2009 03:21 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned North Korea against making provocative moves and urged it to get back to nuclear talks, adding that ties with Washington will not improve if it keeps insulting the South Read more » FT.com - World Iran holds enough uranium for bomb Feb 20 2009 00:51 UN officials say Tehran has produced more nuclear material than previously thought Read more » BoJ to buy Y1,000bn of corporate bonds Feb 19 2009 19:53 The Bank of Japan stepped up measures to help embattled companies suffering in the credit crisis, with plans to buy up to Y1,000bn in corporate bonds and extend its emergency purchases of other assets from financial institutions Read more » Czech president sparks MEP walk-out Feb 19 2009 19:23 Members of the European parliament walked out in protest after Vaclav Klaus, the Czech Republic president, said the institution suffered a 'democratic deficit' Read more » Outrage after Russia murder case verdict Feb 19 2009 19:39 A Moscow jury returned a not guilty verdict in the trial of three men accused in the 2006 slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, provoking a storm of protest from her family and former colleagues Read more » Pakistan aims to extend emergency loan Feb 19 2009 23:49 Pakistan looking to increase $7.6bn emergency loan agreed with the IMF in November amid a continued flight of capital from the country due to the war on terror, officials say Read more » FT.com - Companies FBI agents locate Stanford in Virginia Feb 20 2009 00:30 Sir Allen Stanford, whose whereabouts had been unknown since being charged this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an alleged $8bn fraud, was located in Virginia by the FBI Read more » US claims 52,000 hid UBS accounts Feb 19 2009 22:09 As many as 52,000 American customers hid UBS accounts from the authorities in violation of tax laws, a US government lawsuit against the Swiss bank alleged Read more » US bank shares near 17-year lows Feb 20 2009 01:03 US bank shares hit a near 17-year low on rising fears the government will have to nationalise troubled institutions such as Citigroup and Bank of America, wiping out investors and taking control of a large portion of the financial sector Read more » Australian investors join Rio revolt Feb 19 2009 19:37 Dissent over miner's deal with Chinese state-owned group has spread Read more » BAE poised to seal Saudi Typhoon deal Feb 19 2009 20:40 Europe's largest defence contractor on Thursday said it expected to agree a multibillion-pound order with Saudi Arabia this year to provide maintenance support for Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft Read more » FT.com - Financial Markets News Overview: Equities struggle amid new fears on recession Feb 19 2009 19:16 Yen weakens as haven is questioned and bond prices slide on supply concerns Read more » US bank stocks fall to 17-year low Feb 19 2009 23:59 US banking shares hit their lowest level since 1992 on Thursday as fears mounted that the government would be forced to nationalise a key institution Read more » Banks bring FTSE back over 4,000 Feb 19 2009 20:23 Banks benefit from deal seekers, while fears remain over the health of big insurance companies Read more » European shares close narrowly higher Feb 19 2009 18:09 Europe's shares only just managed to snap a three-day sell-off after a set of mixed earnings figures from Nestlé and Deutsche Postbank had bargain-hunters sniffing around the market Read more » UK set to miss borrowing target by big margin Feb 19 2009 22:15 The Treasury is on course to miss its public borrowing target by a wide margin, official figures showed, as the recession hit the revenues of many taxes and left the public finances far adrift of pre-Budget report forecasts made as recently as late November Read more » FT.com - Comment and analysis Wanted: leaders to face demons of Europe's past Feb 19 2009 19:46 The risk is that popular disturbances become self-sustaining: that a defensive move here fans the embers of nationalism there; that the single market unravels. The newer democracies of the EU in eastern and central Europe are particularly vulnerable, writes Philip Stephens Read more » The European Union must help its new states Feb 19 2009 19:38 Eastern Europeans worry that if a western parent bank got into trouble it could withdraw capital from eastern subsidiaries, writes Katinka Barysch Read more » Thinking anew on UK monetary policy Feb 19 2009 19:52 A cogent analysis of prospects for inflation has to be broader and longer-term than that in the Bank of England's inflation report, writes Martin Wolf Read more » Smart ways to prepare for a world beyond recession Feb 19 2009 19:15 Governments need to shape stimulus investments that envision and enable a smarter future, writes Samuel Palmisano Read more » Brown is wrong to target bankers' bonuses Feb 19 2009 19:49 Without accurately priced risk there is no way to get incentives right, however long the period over which performance is measured, writes Jamie Whyte Read more » FT.com - Business Life Case of the 'killer elevator' Feb 19 2009 23:08 Schindler's response to a fatal incident in Tokyo so upset public opinion that the company has failed to sell a single elevator in Japan since Read more » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up for this briefing on FT.com Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Change your email address Change whether you receive this email as HTML or plain text | Forward this email to a friend Privacy policy | Advertise | Contact © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. 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